A Fragile Economy Balanced on a Shark’s Back
The post–civil war boom in shark fishing that saved Congolese fishermen and their families is now drying up.
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The Cobalt Pipeline
Tracing the path of one of the world’s most in-demand minerals from deadly mines in Congo to your phone.
The Man Who Was Caged In A Zoo
The story of Ota Benga, captured in the Congo, displayed at the World’s Fair, and brought to the Bronx Zoo in 1906.
Swingers
Bonobos are celebrated as peace-loving, matriarchal, and sexually liberated. Are they?
'On Va Tuer Les Demons' ('We Will Kill the Demons')
On children accused of sorcery in Congo.
Conflict Minerals
“Turns out your laptop—or camera or gaming system or gold necklace—may have a smidgen of Congo’s pain somewhere in it.”
Raiders of the Congo
Two white security contractors set off into the remote interior. Within a week, a seemingly innocent man who crossed their path lay dead on the side of the road. The manhunt began.
I Can Find an Indicted Warlord. So Why Isn't He in The Hague?
Tracking down a Congolese war criminal.
Congo: The Horror
Inside the conflict that has caused more deaths than any since WWII—with no end in sight.
